17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus is seen overturned on national Route 292 in the town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture on June 18. Seventeen trainees at the National Tax College suffered injuries, one of them seriously, in the 9:55 a.m. accident. The photo, taken by a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the bus which overturned after failing to negotiate a left curve on the road while heading for Mt. Shirane.

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